While many prefer a spearmint or wintergreen gum to chew as a breath freshener, true gum aficionados know that there are more interesting, unique flavors out there. One such gum is that yellow-packaged stalwart you know and love: Juicy Fruit. A gum renowned for its distinctive and iconic flavor…but what flavor is Juicy Fruit gum, exactly? Today, we’ll take a look at what makes Juicy Fruit so juicy and so fruity. Read More...
The eminent Norwegian entertainer and media big name, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal has gathered worldwide distinction as an entertainer because of her noteworthy work in a couple of films and Tv shows including Comrade Pedersen (2006), Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal (2010), The ABCs of Death (2010), Hercules (2014), Witch Hunt (2020), and numerous others. Other than this, she is a popular theater craftsman and has worked in different performance center plays like Kristin-spelet, Frøken Else, and others. Read More...
The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki fascinates me. I am never sure if he intends us to laugh or cry with his characters--both, I suppose. He often portrays unremarkable lives of unrelenting grimness, sadness, desolation. When his characters are not tragic, he elevates them to such levels as stupidity, cluelessness, self-delusion or mental illness. Iris, the match factory girl, incorporates all of these attributes.
She is played by the actress Kati Outinen, a Kaurismäki favorite who has often starred for him. Read More...